Aber Bay Holiday Park











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- Peaceful site by Clarach Beach, 10 minutes’ drive from Aberystwyth
- Butterfly House 20 minutes’ drive; Coed y Brenin Forest Park an hour
- Heated indoor pool; clubhouse with bar and restaurant; dogs welcome
Site type
Extras
- All: access to the swimming pool is not included in the rate and is charged £5.00 (€5.83) per adult and £5.00 (€5.83) per child per hour.
Dogs
- The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. XL Bully, Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Admission
- Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Languages spoken
English
Pitch types & availability
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5

Non-electric grass tent pitch
Max. persons unlimited
Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Min 4m width × 4m depth (16m²)
Arrival daysNo availability on our site
5

Roof tent non-electric grass pitch
Max. persons unlimited
Ground type: Grass
Pitch size: Max 4m width × 4m depth (16m²)
Arrival daysNo availability on our site
Reviews
81% would recommend this site to a friend
77% would stay here again
What customers say
Lovely spot near the beach, great staff & facilities like the clubhouse/pool. Ideal for families. Some noise complaints weekends, and toilets/showers weren't always spotless. Pool charges for campers didn't go down well. Still, most loved it & would come back.
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Last updated 22/9/2026
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The field was good the showers…
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked The field was good the showers were excellent
Disliked We ad a group of noisy boys nxt to us shouting and swearing
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Loved it
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Such a beautiful place
Disliked Nothing
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The roof tent specific plots, which…
Roof tent non-electric grass pitch
Liked The roof tent specific plots, which were sheltered. Lots of amenities, such as the arcades on the sea front, very close proximity to the beach, the chip shop and pizza place you can access at the sea front. It was relatively quiet and scenic. Really friendly staff at reception. Access to the coastal path is great and close to Aberystwyth.
Disliked Roof tent plots are quite a walk from the toilet/shower block, which makes it quite difficult when you have little ones. £5 per person, per swim is steep! Especially when you're paying £5 for adults, 5 year olds and 2 year olds! The swim session is only an hour and you need to book ahead too. £30 for two swims is ridiculous when you can find campsites with free access to swimming pools with play equipment etc.
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Fabulous as always!
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked We have been staying here for past few years, every year we come away so happy & peaceful. We stayed Aug bank hol & despite the rain & wind it was still truly amazing!
Toilets & showers are clean, well stocked & brilliantly maintained.
Was a different set up on the camp field this year and definitely a massive improvement on no cars by pitch the safety of children playing, between 2-10yrs was fantastic. Staff are blooming fabulous, from reception/security/bar etc everyone's polite, helpful & friendly!
Short walk to the most stunning beach, plenty of rock pools, climbs & sandy areas.
Anyone who's encountered issues previously- from a regular who camps, this is absolutely not the norm for Aber please don't let it put you off!
We plan to have a handfasting on the beach next year & would really love to use Aber camping for our group of roughly 30!
Highly recommend and don't let certain people who caused issues put you off booking. It's them, not the team at Aber.
Disliked The potential of not opening in 2027!! Please open!! We want to do a huge booking!
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If you've watched shameless, the camp site is like shameless on tour.
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Good view from the field, not muddy even with the amount of rain.
Disliked Few families kept everyone awake until the early hours each night, Police attended on one of the nights, complete waste of their time.
No security or night porter to manage the noise.
The shower block gets really dirty as the day goes on, no mop bucket to clean each time.
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Great location. Great price. Would stay again !
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked We loved it. Lovely toilets and showers. Well stocked with toilet roll. Could have done with a sweep throughout the day, but that's personal preference. Excellent location. Close to beach and entertainment for kids. Field was great, I had previously read some bad reports on the quality of the camping field, but we found it great. Lovely space between pitches.
Disliked Had some noisy neighbours who were in family camping, shouting until 2/3am all 3 nights but the children slept through it. Wish there was someone monitoring noise as some people were singing on a microphone gone midnight Sunday night .
Disliked how swimming had to be paid for for camping guests and also didn't like how sometimes you could not get a seat at evening entertainment as its quite small in there and is also open to the public so even less chance of a seat.
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Clean site…
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Clean site
Disliked unfortunately their was other guests that we drinking shouting with loud music till 2 am in the morning every night we were there, even though we had told the abber bay they didn’t stop it.
Also we weren’t allowed to use restaurants till 8 which we weren’t told when booking
Can’t have your car next to your tent either which is pain really
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Campsite and location perfect . Staff good. Can attract drunk people
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Lovely campsite , good hot showers , location perfect , pitches are flat
Disliked Been twice in 2 weeks . The first time there was a mass brawl at midnight and the police were called. The second time there was a couple having an argument until 2 am. Not the actual sites fault , however it does seem to attract the wrong sorts of people and as someone with 3 young children this was a problem.
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Everything great for a site. Loads…
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Everything great for a site. Loads to do
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Good Location with good shower and…
Non-electric grass tent pitch
Liked Good Location with good shower and toilet facilities regularly cleaned.
Disliked No parking near car (pretty essential with bad weather)
ABSOLUTELY no marquee's allowed despite bad weather, so cooking outside is impossible (cooking in a tent is very dangerous) forcing families to spend exorbitant amounts of money to feed children.
I was also separated from family members in another area of park away from toilet facilities despite my complex medical needs and park staff refused to let us move nearer family/facilities despite the field being not even half full.
I will seriously have to rethink about staying here again despite how much I love the area.
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Features
Pop-up campsite
Dogs allowed
Leisure on site
Bar or club house Beach access Covered terrace area Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis WatersportsAmenities on site
Bath available Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area WifiGroups welcome
Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcomeRules
Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all yearThemes
Peaceful Spectacular sceneryUtilities
Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energyNearby amenities
Bar nearby Dog walk nearbyType
Large (51-200 pitches) Pop-up campsiteNearby leisure
Cycling nearbyLocation
Aber Bay Holiday Park
Barkers Well Lane
Clarach Bay
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
Wales
SY23 3DT
Timezone
Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)
GPS
52.43652°N
4.08029°W
Nearest transport
Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.
Local attractions
Food and drink
- The Glengower Hotel Pub 1.8 km
- Baravin Restaurant 2.2 km
- Medina Restaurant 2.2 km
- Gwesty Cymru Restaurant 2.3 km
- The White Horse Pub 2.3 km
- Mama Fay's Restaurant 2.3 km
- Coopers' Arms Pub 2.3 km
- Khop Chai Deu Restaurant 2.3 km
- Tŷ Seidr Pub 2.3 km
- Little Italy Restaurant 2.3 km
Groceries
- Medina Shop 2.3 km
- Treehouse Living 2.4 km
- CK's NISA 2.5 km
- Lidl 2.6 km
- Tesco 2.7 km
- Morrisons 3.6 km
- Co-op Food 3.9 km
Parks and play
- Castle Park Play Area Playground 2.6 km
- Castle Grounds park 2.7 km
- Plascrug Avenue park 2.7 km
- Plascrug Avenue Park Playground 2.8 km
- Waunfawr Play Area Playground 2.9 km
- Park Kronberg 3.1 km
- Maes Comins-coch park 3.2 km
- Clos Gerallt Play Area Playground 3.3 km
- Bryncastell Park Play Area Playground 3.5 km
- Llanbadarn Fawr Playground 3.6 km
Family days out
- Amusement Park Theme park 0.3 km
- Camera Obscura Visitor attraction 1.3 km
- Aberystwyth Castle 2.7 km
- Pennau Craft Centre Visitor attraction 4.6 km
- Borth Animalarium Zoo 6 km
- Ystrad Peithyll Castle 6.9 km
- Petrified Forest Visitor attraction 7.9 km
Public transport
- Clarach Bay 0.3 km
- Albert Place 1.9 km
- Marine Terrace 2.1 km
- Loveden Road 2.1 km
- Bath Street 2.1 km
- Elysian Grove 2.2 km
- Aberystwyth University / Porter's Lodge 2.3 km
- Bronglais Hospital / National Library 2.3 km
- Northgate Street 2.3 km
- North Parade 2.3 km
Beaches
- Clarach Beach 0.2 km
- North Beach 1.9 km
- South Beach 2.7 km
- Traeth Tan-y-bwlch 4.1 km
- Ynyslas Beach 6.1 km
Other nearby
- Aberystwyth Golf Course 1.5 km
- Pier Pressure Nightclub 2.4 km
- Yokos Nightclub 2.5 km
- The Academy Nightclub 2.6 km
- Old Harbour Marina 2.8 km
- Aberystwyth Marina 3 km
- Capel Bangor Golf Course 6.7 km
- Borth & Ynyslas Golf Club Golf course 8.3 km
Local services
- North Road Clinic 1.9 km
- Padarn Surgery Doctors 2.2 km
- Church Surgery Doctors 2.2 km
- Padarn Sexual Health Clinic 2.2 km
- Boots Pharmacy 2.3 km
- Bronglais Hospital 2.3 km
- NatWest Cashpoint 2.3 km
- Tesco Bank Cashpoint 2.4 km
- Santander Cashpoint 2.4 km
- TSB Cashpoint 2.4 km
Must see
Vale of Rheidol Railway (Aberystwyth) 2.8 km
Rheilffordd Talyllyn Railway 16.3 km
MOMA Wales - Y Tabernacl 23 km
Llanerchaeron - National Trust 26.3 km
Dolaucothi Gold Mines - National Trust 44.4 km
National Trust
Dolaucothi Gold Mines 44.4 km
Cycle routes
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Other
Black Covert Walk 1 - Aberystwyth 13.8 km
Black Covert Walk 2 13.8 km
YNYS-HIR (CURRENT BOUNDARY FROM 20/04/2000) 15.2 km
The Arch Car Park - Pen lan fawr - The Arch Car Park 19.7 km
Abergynolwyn - Foel Y Geifr - Abergynolwyn 24.6 km
Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.
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Frequently asked questions
- Does Aber Bay Holiday Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
- Is Aber Bay Holiday Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
- What attractions are near Aber Bay Holiday Park? If you make your way to Aberystwyth on foot along the Ceredigion Coast Path, you’ll reach Constitution Hill in about 25 minutes. Once there, stop for a coffee and to check out … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Aber Bay Holiday Park?
Read moreCamping and touring Arrive: 14:00 – 17:00 Depart by: 12:00


